To
Charles H. Clark
8 January 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12742)
(SUPERSEDED)
8 January 1876 • Hartford, Conn. (Transcript by Albert Bigelow Paine: CU-MARK, UCCL 12742)
(SUPERSEDED)
Sir: The word “Patricide” in your issue of this morning, (telegrams) was an error. You meant it to describe the slayer of a father; you should have used “parricide” instead. Patricide merely means the killing of an Irishman—any Irishman, Male or female.
Respectfully,
J. Hammond Trumbull
N. J. Burton
J. H.
Twichell.
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